You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

The threead continues:

The book linked is free to read and download. See the link above.

if you’re a transfem you should read this, and if you’re not you should reblog it for your transfem friends & followers, the advice in here is extremely good and the grips breaks are not hard to practice!!

what if i just rest my eyes for a second

what if i just check out whats going on under this cozy blankie for like a minute. two minute

oh no

little guy is one sniff old and seeing so many wonderful things in this big and large world

Choking Safety

I've been seeing some kind of scare-mongering type posts going around about choking during sex, so I wanted to address how to approach choking in a safe way. Choking is not a 0 risk activity, but it is also not so dangerous that you will just randomly die either. Anyone who does martial arts will confirm that thousands of teenagers are being successfully trained to choke each other safely (for self defense) every day! There's no reason you can't learn to do it too.

First you should be familiar with some basic anatomy of the neck and throat:

The carotid veins on both sides of the neck and the trachea/windpipe in the center are the most important things to be aware of. If you want to enjoy the psychological element of having someone's hands around your neck with relatively little risk, you can do "choking" play that avoids putting any pressure on those arteries or the trachea. As with all choking play, safety is highest when both parties are fully sober. I'm not actually sure if there are people out there who are into having the windpipe or trachea blocked. This tends to hurt like fuck and cause an autonomic choking response. You'll know if you went too far center because generally the bottom will be like "WTH". I don't know if there is a way to do this play safely or not as I don't have experience with it. It probably carries some risk of the trachea collapsing which would be a hospital trip for sure. Most choking play is done with the intention of cutting off the blood supply to the brain by applying pressure to both the left and right carotid arteries. This type of choking is not really "breath play" because of the way it works (though many people refer to it that way.) This creates a pleasant light headed feeling, but is also where the higher risk comes in. It often doesn't take long for a person to lose consciousness once these arteries are blocked, often less than 10 seconds. Sometimes getting completely choked out is the goal, sometimes not. Either way, the top has to pay very very careful attention to every aspect of their bottom's body language. Once you realize that a person has lost consciousness, the choking must stop immediately. Because of this: the most dangerous way to do this kind of play is alone. (hence all the auto-erotic asphyxiation deaths you hear about) It goes without saying that intoxication also dramatically increases the risks. It's not recommended to lose consciousness this way on a regular basis. It's just not good for your brain to repeatedly go through, especially in rapid succession. Generally, the more time spaced out between this type of play: the better. Though some people may have medical conditions that make the risk higher, as long as you stop choking when you reach the desired headspace, this play is approachable. Anyone who's REALLY into the idea but feels unsure or scared, I highly recommend taking a few martial arts classes. MMA guys do this to each other all the time! For sports! The key is just stopping at the right time. There are two main ways to go about blocking the carotid arteries. The main one used in martial arts and self defense is the rear naked choke.

This type of choke is incredible effective at choking someone out quickly and easily. The forearm and the bicep are squeezing each artery until the desired effect is achieved. The risk here is how quickly it works in combination with not being able to have a visual on your bottom's facial response. When someone loses consciousness they will go limp and begin twitching somewhat. This is normal, and you should stop immediately if you notice those signs. The more common method of choking play during sex is what looks more like typical choking. Facing your partner, using both hands.

You want to find the arteries with both hands, and use the meat at the base of your thumbs to apply gradually increasing pressure upwards towards your partner's head. You can keep the thumbs tucked to avoid accidental pressure on the windpipe. (Though this is not required so long as you remember not to apply pressure to the windpipe.) This type of play has a few safety benefits. First, you can see your partner's face so it's more obvious when you can see they've hit a headspace that is desirable. Additionally, it's just a little more difficult to find the arteries and push up on them correctly. If your goal is to get a little light headed without losing consciousness, this is more easily accomplished with this type of choke. However, losing consciousness is still a risk and both partners being fully alert will ensure the lowest risk environment. I know choking play is incredibly popular, even 'vanilla' people participate in this type of play on a regular basis without really knowing the technical details. Most of them don't get seriously hurt...but knowing what you're actually doing with risky play is a base component of risk aware consensual kink. Anyway I hope people find this helpful! Happy choking!!

So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

Uh Oh, The One Other Guy Having The Same Problem As You Got Zero Replies To His Post On Reddit That He Made 5 Years Ago

if i am evil. i create character A, who indulges often. always eating, always fucking. but time and time again reveal that he is not hungry. he is not lustful. he performs hunger and doesnt truly feel it. he performs sexuality and doesnt truly feel it. and for fifteen years he performs indulgence into desire he doesnt feel. i create character B, who does not indulge. never eating, never fucking. but time and time again reveal that he IS hungry. he is lustful. he denies hunger but feels it deeply. he denies sexuality but feels it deeply. and for fifteen years he refuses to indulge in the desire he feels. and then. in the final season. allow character A to finally desire something. allow character B to confess his desire. and then kill them both before either is able to really indulge in something they truly desire. if i am evil. i do this.

destiel btw. this is not about ur other thing this is a destiel post on the destiel website.

i think one thing that bridgerton s2 does well is establish why kate and anthony gravitate to each other. so many romance stories flop because they cant convince you what the deal is but bridgerton is like well they are both eldest siblings they are both patronizing and overbearing they are both control freak know it alls. put them in a jar lock them in a room. haha

like here are two characters who are dead set on denying themselves everything they want for the sake of duty and propriety haha what do you think would happen if they meet and want each other. and the answer is fingers in his mouth wednesday (crowd cheering)

sorry sorry but i also like how the source of their self denial & fixation on duty is similar but not identical — kate feels indebted to her mother for treating her like a “real” daughter and so feels like she owes both her and edwina total devotion at the cost of her own happiness, whereas anthony thinks the best way to avoid subjecting others and himself to the inevitable grief that is the price of loving people is to merely like them instead of love them. & they both suddenly lose a (loving) father and have to support their mother through their grief but he takes it as “ok ill just never love my partner then” and she takes it as “ok ill just never have a partner then.” i love romance when its good?

@sunfortune soooo true. self recognition through the other’s fingers in your mouth. and the scene right before they have sex goes so crazy because they simultaneously realize / tell each other this like the kermit nodding gif. also afterwards when the tables turn and kate is like “well we can just ignore that we want each other until it goes away, it will go away, its mere passion,” and anthony is the one looking at her like he thinks its impossible. did you guys know that romance can be good if its good?? what a concept

people who complain about their blorbos having only 4 minutes of screentime are so weak...I'm hyperfocusing on literal background characters with no lines.

I can name every man in this photo and I'm not even joking

Do it

Girl go OFF give us the who's who

Left of Jack Sparrow is Vince Lozano as Jacoby - AKA the bomb guy.

Behind Jack, pointing a gun, is Tommy Schooler as Scarus - you may know him as the guy who Governor Swann taunts after the curse is lifted.

Right of Jack is Michael Berry Jr. as Twigg - behind him is an uncredited extra. Twigg’s buddy Koehler is unfortunately just out of frame.

Next to Twigg is Trevor Goddard (RIP) as Grapple, and behind him is D.P. Fitzgerald as Weatherby.

Next to Grapple is Michael W. Williams as Hawksmoor, and behind him is Michael A. Thompson as Simbakka.

The partially obscured face behind Barbossa is Brye Cooper as Mallot (Grapple’s buddy), and behind him in the tricorn hat is Michael Lane as Monk.

The men restraining Elizabeth are David Patykewich as Clubba, and Derek Mears as an unnamed stunt pirate. They look quite similar at a glance, but an easy way to tell them apart is that the stunt pirate has tattoos on his face.

The guy hidden between Barbossa and Elizabeth is Maxie J. Santillan Jr. as Maximo.

To the right of Elizabeth is Jose G. Zelaya as Katracho, and behind him is Jerry Gauny as Ketchum.

Behind Pintel and Ragetti (this post assumes basic familiarity with them) is Isaac C. Singleton Jr. as Bo’sun, and behind him with the unfortunate white guy dreads is Finneus Egan as Scratch.

The guy tied to the mast with Mr. Cotton is Gerard Reyes as Tearlach.

yeah i understand these books

Let us suppose that the "average" horse would have equal proportions of all these parts. The degree to which each part in this poll deviates from the "average" size (20% of total) will determine how large or small that part of our horse will be (i.e a horse with only 10% in Legs will have legs half the size of the average horse).

I will draw a picture of the horse we make!

Thank you for your patience, tumblr. I have been at work all day but now I am home and ready to build this horse you asked for.

First, let's pull up the poll results alongside an average looking horse. I have calculated the size of each part of our horse in relation to Average Size.

Next we will adjust our horse's components according to the specifications.

Finally, let us properly assemble these parts and see how it looks.

And there you have it. Great work team. No notes.

*Sees a thoroughly rusted Cybertruck abandoned by the side of the road*

Me: "Wow, how far in the future did we go?"

My time-traveller friend: "About two weeks."

fuck up, die

i have neither a good imagination nor aphantasia, but a secret third thing